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2010-2011 Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 
  
  • WGS 399 - Seminar in Women’s & Gender Studies.


      or consent of instructor.(3).

    Advanced seminar engaging students in reading of key texts and development of individual projects within a broadly defined thematic area central to women’s and gender studies. Capstone course for the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
  
  • WGS 410 - Women as Artists.


    At least junior standing.(3)H.

    History of the art produced by women artists, from 1550 to the present. Topics include the historical slighting of women artists, feminist imagery, politics and contemporary feminist criticism. Figures include Gentileschi, Vigee-Lebrun, Kauffman, O’Keefe, Cassatt, Chicago, and Nevelson.Also listed as ARH 410 .
  
  • WGS 440 - Girls, Culture & Education.


    At least junior standing.(3).

    Interdisciplinary introduction to empirical research and critical inquiry on the education of girls in the U.S. Study of contemporary educational thought on the gendered social and cultural context of schooling.Also listed as EDE 433 .
  
  • WGS 474 - Gender and Society.


    SOC 100  or WGS 100 , at least junior standing; or consent of instructor.(3).

    Critical examination of gender as a social and institutional construct.  Use of theory to interrogate the sex/gender binary, identity and bodies.  How the experience of gender and the structure of gendered institutions are shaped by cross-cutting lines of difference and inequality – social class, race, ethnicity, sexuality and age (among others).  Effects of gender inequality on women, men and society.Also listed as SOC 474 .
  
  • WGS 480 - Gender Theory.


    Nine (9) credits in philosophy or PHL 300  or consent of instructor.(3).

    Exploration of the major theories about gender. Focus on intersections of race/ethnicity, class and gender in the formation of identities and reproduction of inequality. Theories explored include Marxist Feminism, Psychoanalytic Feminism, Queer Theory, Post Modern Feminism.Also listed as PHL 486 .
  
  • WGS 500 - Gender, Crime and Justice.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    Exploration of the gendered structure of the legal and criminal justice systems.  Examination of the differential impact of flaws and policies on women offenders, women in prison, and women in law enforcement and the legal profession.  Examination of how gender impacts the definition and treatment of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, reproductive issues, child abuse, and gender-related hate crimes.Also listed as CRJ 500 .
  
  
  • WGS 526 - Gender, Labor and Inequality.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    See WGS 326  for description.  Not open to students with credit for WGS 326 /ECN 326 .Also listed as ECN 526 .
  
  
  • WGS 540 - Girls, Culture & Education.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    See WGS 440  for description.  Not open to students with credit for EDE 433  or WGS 440 .Also listed as EDE 533 .
  
  • WGS 569 - History of American Women.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    See WGS 369  for description. Not open to students with credit for HIS 369 /WGS 369 .Also listed as HIS 369 .
  
  • WGS 574 - Gender and Society.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    See WGS 474  for description.  Not open to students with credit for SOC 474 /WGS 474 .Also listed as SOC 574 .
  
  • WGS 576 - Sex, Work & International Capital.


    Graduate standing, SOC 100  or ANT 100 /INT 100 ; or consent of instructor.(3).

    Analysis of significance of women’s labor to international capital in a cross-cultural perspective. Examination of social construction of “third world” and “development,” and potential and limits of these categories in understanding ideological and material conditions of lives of women across race, class and national boundaries in the world of work.  Not open to students with credit for ANT 376 /INT 376 /SOC 376 /WGS 376 .Also listed as ANT 576 , INT 576  and SOC 576 .
  
  • WGS 578 - Sex & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective.


    Graduate standing; ANT 100 /INT 100 .(3).

    See WGS 378  for description.  Not open to students with credit for ANT 378 /WGS 378 .Also listed as ANT 578 .
  
  • WGS 585 - Women and the Law.


    Graduate standing.(3).

    See WGS 385  for description.  Not open to students with credit for WGS 385 .
 

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